Where are the hotspots around Lewisville? C'mon, give a brotha some advice.

Patrick
www.apeaceoftexas.com

anywhere it is not chocolate milk....

Yeah what he said.

I actually prefer the dirty water...Fishing on Lewisville has been awesome for about the last 2 weeks...It will probably be tight lipped with the WBT going on next weekend though

and basschamps the following weekend

I have been out 4 times with 2 of the wBT anglers in the last 2 10 days. When they are letting water out of it at 3629 cfs and now 3119 cfs, the fish get a little more reluctant, but they can be coaxed. I am not writing reports, because I am also helping 3 Bass Champs teams, too. Best 6 hours was last week, we had over 16 in about 5 hours. Three patterns worked in different areas of the lake. MOST of the anglers, do not want to fish the jigging spoon (SHHHH) or deeper water, but want to beat the shallows. Had a GOOD fish on Saturday in less than 5 ft of water. She decided she didn't want to come to the boat and destroyed a $15 CB I was throwing on 20 lb McCoys Mean Green. do not know how big she was, but with a Curado 200B5 and a Phoenix/Blaze 7 MH rod, I had absolutely NO control. I am going to call her a big old drum (yeah, right). She was up shallow in the MUDDY water, but we have been catching fish all over the lake on pretty much whatever presentation you want to present (except deep). C-rig, drop shot, CB, SB, senko/fluke, even a buzzbait fish, but most of the big girls haven't moved up yeat, but they are ready too.

Wish I could help more, but I have 3 more trips this week and 3 more trips next week (Bass Champs), so I have to be a little bit tight lipped.

Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

senko bite has been good, flipping bite has been good...and have caught some nice fish on buzzbait. It has been fun and the typical community spawning areas have a lot of fish but they will be pretty finicky by the time the tournament rolls around

haha

Hickory Creek is good...so is Cottonwood, and Stewarts, and Little Elm, Pecan, both marinas, area around the old dam, the dam, 35 bridge, 121 cut, blah, blah, blah...

LOL,

Yeah, that is about what we are finding evolutio44. Basica pattern hit them in the head. Not really, but you can catch fisha lot of different ways out there now.

Eric, Personally, I think shwing up 4 weeks and 3 weeks before your tournament is bit of overkill. Sorry to say, but over 80 of my trips are with T anglers. Most all want the same thing, to eliminate water. At times, that can be easier or harder. But, if soneone is going to offer me $300 to ride around and fish with them, who am I to turn it down? The least we caught was about 8 lbs, we are not hammering the fish, but I am trying to give them ideas of what mght be happpening in 2 weeks. I know, depends on the weather.

Also, the WBT AOY gets an invite to the Classic for 2009. Do the ends justify the means? I don't do it, but a LOT of anglers do. Is it right? Is it ethical? Your choice. The big names used to do it all the time. Back about 8 or 9 years ago, Strike King wuold get ALL of their local PROs, guides and weekend warriors in a room and KVD would go in and interview them to find out what the best the best had to offer. I was at one of those meetings. When the Elite fished LL, Mark Davis came up and road around 2 days with a Local Internet Pro. So did a lot of others.

It is a business decision, not an "Is this right" situation. IF you can spend $300 to $900 and increase your odds of cashing a check with another zero in it, well, Money talks and bS walks.

Just some comments from a guy that has been there done that on fishing on my own. I think I have hired 2 guides in my life. A salt water guide on the flats and my dad wanted to go fish Lake Alan Henrr, where he grew up, but didn't want me to pull my boat up there. Garrick McPherson was the guide adn he put us on some good fish and even a lake record smallmouth, if we had taken the time to take it into Post to get certified in Ocotober 98. I have been out with guides aa teir guest, but as their guest. I guess I paid for them, though, as I gave them about $50 to $100 in lures that they didn't have access too.

Oh well, life goes on.

Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

PS. Castlemate1, sorry about hijacking your post.

tr

To all that have asked, I sent a PM to you. Again, I apologize to the people wanting to talk about LL fishing. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.One of the WBT anglers didn't make it, sponsor problems and I didn't hear from another, so helped 2, instead of 4. BassChamps, one partner lost his dad, so I am down to helping 2 teams.

tr

I don't know Thad, never met him and he has never met me, but I have seldom read more detailed reports than his. He is one of the primary names I search on when trying to learn a lake. He may not be talking now, but there is more than expected details in his prior years reports.

Hey, for those of you that offered some advice, thank you!

wow bashing going on and I am not involved!!!
I have no clue why we are bashing this guy thad
lets all get on a subject we can all agree on the women from wbt are in town this week and some of them are really nice to look at.. maybe we can all learn something from them...

i just checked MY Texas Tournament Trail career earnings.....*%#@%$#...im $10,000 in the hole...ughhhhhhhh

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